Across Europe's top five leagues in 2024-25, only Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (57), who is also up for the award, registered ...

The 2025 Ballon d'Or nominees for world's best soccer player are out, with USWNT stars Lindsey Heaps and Emily Fox among ...

Germain and Arsenal headline the list of Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees after their respective Champions League successes.

The Ballon d’Or debate is set to heat up as the 2025-26 football season is now underway. At the center of the conversation ...

Aitana Bonmati has won a third of the six women’s Ballon d’Or awards, and three in a row is now on the cards. The 27-year-old ...

Another star-studded Ballon d'Or nominees list has been announced. So The Athletic’s experts made their cases for who should ...

Barcelona forward Raphinha enjoyed a meteoric rise to superstardom under Hansi Flick and had the best season of his career, ...

Barcelona star Raphinha has spoken about his chances of winning the Ballon after he was nominated for the award following a ...

Napoli midfielder Scott McTominay earned himself a place on the short list for the 2025 Ballon d'Or award, but which other ...

What are the odds for winning the Ballon d'Or 2025? According to Polymarket on July 24 at 10 a.m., the odds have increased on Dembele with an 81.9% chance of winning versus Yamal at 8%.

Nigeria WNT goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and head coach Justin Madugu say their historic Ballon d'Or nominations go beyond ...

And this is why the Ballon d’Or is so dangerous. Football is not an individual sport. Perhaps in the distant past, it was — like cricket — a team sport made up of 11 individual performances.